The Carl Braden Memorial Center in Louisville celebrated Anne Braden's birthday last weekend with a celebration of the release of a new book by activist Chris Crass of Tennessee.
In his book's acknowledgements page, Crass writes: "For those who have come before us, who dared to dream of a better world and fought to realize it. For the virtories they won and for the mistakes they made. For the political imagination they nurtured and for the lessons on organizing we have today because of their efforts. For my movement ancestors, who vision, courage, and insights give us legacies to help us live and work for liberation..."
The book publisher tells us: "Organized into four sections, this collection of essays is geared toward activists engaging with the dynamic questions of how to create and support effective movements for visionary systemic change. These essays and interviews present powerful lessons for transformative organizing. It offers a firsthand look at the challenges and the opportunities of antiracist work in white communities, feminist work with men, and bringing women of color feminism into the heart of social movements. Drawing on two decades of personal activist experience and case studies within these areas, Crass’s essays insightfully explore ways of transforming divisions of race, class, and gender into catalysts for powerful vision, strategy, and building movements in the United States today. This collection will inspire and empower anyone who is interested in implementing change through organizing."
"In his writing and organizing, Chris Crass has been at the forefront of building the grassroots, multi-racial, feminist movements for justice we need. Towards Collective Liberation takes on questions of leadership, building democratic organizations, and movement strategy, on a very personal level that invites us all to experiment and practice the way we live our values while struggling for systemic change. " —Elizabeth 'Betita' Martinez, founder of the Institute for Multiracial Justice and author of De Colores Means All of Us: Latina Views for a Multi-Colored Century.
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